“That one can convince one’s opponents with printed reasons, I have not believed since the year 1764. It is not for that purpose that I have taken up my pen, but rather merely to annoy them, and to give strength and courage to those on our side, and to make it known to the others that they have not convinced us.”
G.C. Lichtenberg (1742 – 1799), courtesy of 'Deogolwulf'

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Sheer, unadulterated dereliction of duty!

Guilty as charged, m'Lud! I woke up this morning with a couple of essays - well, you can't call my elegantly composed and exceedingly erudite compositions mere 'posts'! - in my mind ready for you all to read and inwardly digest but ... but ... yesterday a box set of "Line of Duty" arrived from Amazon. So, obviously, I had to watch one episode, and then, of course, the second episode, and that led inexorably to the third and ... hey ho ... I watched the lot!

I raved about this TV series a few weeks ago when, by chance, I stumbled across a repeat of the first episode on some obscure TV channel. I urge you all to treat yourselves to the box set because it is superb in almost every respect. The storyline is complex with several sub-plots so you need to concentrate but the writing, by the exceedingly talented Jed Mercurio, is first-rate and the acting, by quite a large cast, is exemplary.

So, sorry to have left you pining for me - er, you did 'pine', didn't you? - but, like Gen. MacArthur, "I shall return", no really, I will, well, just so long as I can resist the temptation to start watching Series Two!